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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) 11:24 - Jan 28 with 5187 views

Broadhead for me is our most talented permanent player.

He has been a success at Ipswich.

He has previously been able to bring that bit of magic to win us games.

But he has been out of form for a long time now.

For me if we had started Harness and Chaplin instead of Broadhead and Aluko we would have cruised to the win we deserved.

Nothing is sticking for Broadhead, and his head is now down.

Broadhead form has been obvious for months. I personally think McKenna has been correct to keep faith in him, his form will turn. BUT we now can’t afford to carry him. Sarmiento will have been brought in, in part to cover this form dip. He now needs to start. And harness should move up the pecking order.

Broadhead as a striker in this form is not a solution and if we don’t get a striker in by Presto then start Jackson, or Chaplin.

Let’s hope Broadhead can have a super sub moment and start building back to form. An on fire Broadhead and we’d be 3 or 4 points better off.

As for Aluko, a rare black mark on McKenna, he is not right for a first team start nowadays.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 16:12 - Jan 28 with 908 views

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 11:54 - Jan 28 by chicoazul
Does it not occur to anyone that McK clearly didn’t give a tinkers cuss about the game yesterday, hence no Jackson or Woolf and Aluko playing? I feel more or less the same way. Being humiliated on tv is a small price to pay if it means promotion.

Kieran 's face on the touchline during the last 10 minutes tell a very different story he was desperate for a second Town goal and looked very low after the game TBH .

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:30 - Jan 28 with 862 views

66notout

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 11:52 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue
Well not really its bad management. Doesn't matter what else he's achieved. The inclusion of aluko as a starter was wrong. But more importantly. As I said yesterday how bad is our academy that we didn't have 1 single midfielder who could play against a 6th tier side..

You don’t appear to be everyone’s cup of tea but I have no gripe with you and you make a great point about the academy. What a lot of people simply don’t get is that investment in the academy does not even feature on the new owners’ list of priorities,
Gibbs’ departure was evidence and seeing Chirewa come off the bench for Wolves today was a further reminder the club would rather grab a modest sum of cash than hang on to genuine emerging talent.
The owners are not interested in long-term investment, only short-term gain, and of the players who are in the academy right now I think I am correct in saying very few, if any, are youth internationals, in sharp contrast to previous seasons dating back more than half a century to Bill McGarry’s time as manager and even including the lean years of the Marcus Evans era.

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:44 - Jan 28 with 850 views

Dubtractor

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:30 - Jan 28 by 66notout

With all due respect, that's a load of nonsense.

Gibbs and Chirewa left because they wanted to, and wouldn't sign a contract, so there wasn't much we could do - at least not once they had made that decision. We certainly didn't sell them to make a quick buck.

And we played Humphreys (a recent youth team graduate) from the start yesterday, and brought on Buabo too.

Elkan Baggot (another recent graduate) is literally away playing for his country right now.

Lastly, any players currently at the age to play youth internationals will have been in our youth system long before our 'short term interest only' owners bought the club.

Just editing to apologise if that comes across as a bit aggressive! I do firmly disagree with the point made though.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:59 - Jan 28 with 807 views

66notout

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:44 - Jan 28 by Dubtractor

[Post edited 28 Jan 2024 17:57]

Gibbs and Chirewa did, of course, leave because they wanted to. But what evidence do you have that they did not want to leave because of the derisory offers made by the club, which was very much the case?
Lack of investment in the academy was a symptom of the Evans era and my point is that it has declined further under the new ownership.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 18:03 - Jan 28 with 792 views

portmanking

I saw Broady in my local Chinese takeaway last night. He looked pretty forlorn. I feel like he needs something to fall right for him to kickstart things.

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 18:07 - Jan 28 with 759 views

66notout

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 18:03 - Jan 28 by portmanking
I saw Broady in my local Chinese takeaway last night. He looked pretty forlorn. I feel like he needs something to fall right for him to kickstart things. Form is temporary, class is permanent.

I too consider Broadhead to be a quality player but fitness, stamina etc is clearly an issue based on his time with us.

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 18:08 - Jan 28 with 758 views

Dubtractor

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 17:59 - Jan 28 by 66notout
Gibbs and Chirewa did, of course, leave because they wanted to. But what evidence do you have that they did not want to leave because of the derisory offers made by the club, which was very much the case? Lack of investment in the academy was a symptom of the Evans era and my point is that it has declined further under the new ownership.

That wasn't your point though, you claimed we were happy to 'grab a modest sum of cash'. In Chirewa's case he'd made the decision to leave before we made what sounds like a low contract offer to ensure that we got some compo.

What evidence do you have of declining investment in the academy? Everything we read suggests serious money being invested in our infrastructure.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 18:52 - Jan 28 with 699 views

MK1

Understand the concerns over Broadheads form, but Aluko should have been good enough yesterday. It just felt that they were all waiting for somebody else to do something, which didn't happen, obviously. Really don't think we should be questioning McKenna just yet.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 19:37 - Jan 28 with 659 views

GlasgowBlue

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 11:55 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue
As he should Phil. He was playing against maidstone.

The opposition we were playing against is irrelevant. That was a beautifully weighted ball Aluko played to Broadhead.

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 19:38 - Jan 28 with 658 views

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 12:32 - Jan 28 by pointofblue
Know it may sound harsh but thought he was in no man’s land for both. Didn’t stay on line, didn’t narrow the angle.

I made this point yesterday

Shame Hladky isn’t on the bench (n/t) by GlasgowBlue 27 Jan 2024 13:59
He wouldn’t have been in the six yard box when Maidstone stole possession. Would have been further out and narrowed the angle.

Walton’s insistence on staying in his box also slowed down our ability to counterattack

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 19:49 - Jan 28 with 644 views

Matt_Netherlands

I wouldn’t want it to feel like a knee jerk reaction to yesterday, but I do wonder if the best thing with Aluko is to de register him now, keep him training and upping his on field coaching there? I I can’t see a scenario where he plays in the league again and we could do with gen squad space. It might appear harsh from the outside, but we need every squad place to count.

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 08:57 - Jan 29 with 535 views

Vaughan8

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 11:54 - Jan 28 by chicoazul
Does it not occur to anyone that McK clearly didn’t give a tinkers cuss about the game yesterday, hence no Jackson or Woolf and Aluko playing? I feel more or less the same way. Being humiliated on tv is a small price to pay if it means promotion.

I can't believe you actually think that? Maybe it's a way for you to justify the loss.

He put a team out which he thought would win the game. Otherwise why not make even more drastic changes.

Those players didn't make the bench because others did. We can't have everyone.
If Chaplin/Burns wasn't on the bench you'd be saying the same thing.

Yes he could have played the first team but clearly.the team out out should be more than enough to beat a team 5 divisions lower.......

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Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 09:01 - Jan 29 with 529 views

Vaughan8

Aluko is clearly not a player who even gets close to the bench now. However it was a game he could play in and should have done a bit better. I'm sure he's doing things behind the scenes more than an actual player these days.

Broadhead - Not entirely sure what is going on. Is it just football or.something else in his life. Who knows. But he's certainly gone off the rails. I first noticed it in the wrst from game where he gave the ball away all the time.

Something clearly isn't right and shouldn't be in our starting line up at the moment.

Let’s have a sensible discussion of Broadhead (and Aluko) on 09:03 - Jan 29 with 511 views

CityBlue

Sarmiento starts over Broady I am afraid, with Jackson leading the line.

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